Thursday, January 31, 2008

Jan 31, 2008 - 1 Mile on Treadmill


So, this was a simple fulfill the monthly goal run. I went downstairs after the kids got to sleep to put on the last mile of my 60 mile stretch goal for January. Hopefully I can do 60+ in February.

I just set the treadmill to 8mph (7:30 pace) and once it seemed up to speed (about 0.05 miles in) I ran just the one mile. I had the incline at 2.0 for about half a mile, then dropped it down a bit until I finished at 0.

After running my legs hurt BAD...just from being on the treadmill? I'm going to take a few days off and try to run maybe Sunday? We'll see. I'm just going to rest a bit, then hit it hard to get some strength before the race and taper just before it...then hope for the best...need decent weather and less snow on the ground.

Jan 30, 2008 - 7.68mi Faster


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OK, so this was faster, more my speed. I liked it. Legs felt better than Monday. Did I really run 8:40 pace that day? Yowsers. Yeah there were nearly 30mph winds, but so what...my legs were just dying.


Today I ran through that wooded section and it was SO icy and hardpacked it was hard. I had to walk through ice patches 3 times, so that pace is actually about 7 seconds too slow, compared to the rest of the run.


I'm trying to stretch and do the proper shin-splint type exercises, to strengthen the front of my shin. It's seemed to help. Still get sore, but nothing too bad. Not like last summer. Keeping it up. Only need 1 mile tomorrow to have 60 miles for January! I think I can hit the treadmill for that.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Jan 28, 2008 - Slow as Molasses


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So, slow painful day....read about it on motionbased or Sanoodi. I'm not interested in talking about it here... :-(

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Jan 27, 2008 - Roller Coaster 3.5mi



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Whew, what a hilly run. Very needed. That race is going to be tough enough with the road conditions. Sandy (only a bit less than a mile are paved), snowy and lots of tight turns. In addition to that, it is hillier than the maps make it look.


Weather was decent. A bit windy, but mostly protected by trees. About the low 50's, so pretty nice overall.


Legs feel OK, back hurt when starting out. Left leg still funky, but started wearing my old running shoes and that seems to help.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Jan 25, 2008 - 5k at 10k Race Pace



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This run was pretty decent. Kept pace reasonably well. Weather was great and not windy or anything. Felt I could keep this up for 10k.

Now, I plan on doing two days of hills, smooth, not too fast. Two days of intervals, fast. And, lastly, a day of intervals ON hills. And as a specific training thing I want to go run the course easy one day on a weekend.

OK, not much to say, just keeping up on the running and looking forward to the race.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Jan 23, 2008 - Quick 5.5mi at Work


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OK, so, here I go updating this again. I'm pretty much still loving Sanoodi, but it is having trouble uploading my last two runs. I'm starting to feel that the site may not last, so I'll have to post my info here. Use motionbased (soon to be connect.garmin, but who knows when, or if these embedded links will still be active. I hope so. But, I think I'll make an online spreadsheet for the data and link to that monthly, as a recap.

Anyway, I thought today was going to be warmer than yesterday, so I wore less...it was 10°F colder. And I felt it, but it was still OK. Maybe that's why I ran faster? Anyway, it was a good run, I stayed on the streets more to have better footing.

I'm considering finding a sports doctor to talk with about my left leg. Starting to get sore again. Definitely not shin splints, but something with the muscles (or tendons) is happening to pull on my shin, or who knows what. Don't know if they could do anything, but at least may find out what's wrong and if a stretch or ice or heat could help? I'd hate to go under the knife again, like for my foot. That would be horribly annoying.

OK, that's about it. I think I'll start posting things here, again, as I said. See ya.